Parkwood is a

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(CDP) in

Madera County Madera County (), officially the County of Madera, is a county at the geographic center of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 156,255. The county seat is Madera. Madera County comprises the Madera, CA Metr ...

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, United States. It is part of the Madera

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. The population was 2,307 at the 2020 census.

Geography

Parkwood is located at . It is bordered to the north by the city of Madera, the

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. According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , all of it land.

Demographics

2010

The

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reported that Parkwood had a population of 2,268. The population density was . The racial makeup of Parkwood was 1,138 (50.2%)

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, 123 (5.4%)

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, 48 (2.1%) Native American, 22 (1.0%)

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, 0 (0.0%)

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, 814 (35.9%) from

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, and 123 (5.4%) from two or more races.

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of any race were 1,784 persons (78.7%). The Census reported that 2,259 people (99.6% of the population) lived in households, 9 (0.4%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized. There were 564 households, out of which 317 (56.2%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 295 (52.3%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 130 (23.0%) had a female householder with no husband present, 53 (9.4%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 58 (10.3%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 5 (0.9%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 61 households (10.8%) were made up of individuals, and 28 (5.0%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 4.01. There were 478

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(84.8% of all households); the average family size was 4.24. The population was spread out, with 793 people (35.0%) under the age of 18, 277 people (12.2%) aged 18 to 24, 592 people (26.1%) aged 25 to 44, 438 people (19.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 168 people (7.4%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 26.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.9 males. There were 601 housing units at an average density of , of which 316 (56.0%) were owner-occupied, and 248 (44.0%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.6%; the rental vacancy rate was 7.1%. 1,175 people (51.8% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 1,084 people (47.8%) lived in rental housing units.

2000

As of the

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of 2000, there were 2,119 people, 559 households, and 465 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 580 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 44.64%

, 5.33%

, 1.98% Native American, 0.76%

, 0.05%

, 42.85% from

, and 4.39% from two or more races.

of any race were 65.22% of the population. There were 559 households, out of which 49.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.1% were

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living together, 17.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.8% were non-families. 13.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.75 and the average family size was 4.09. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 37.1% under the age of 18, 11.6% from 18 to 24, 28.8% from 25 to 44, 15.9% from 45 to 64, and 6.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 26 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.2 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $34,018, and the median income for a family was $33,411. Males had a median income of $27,656 versus $24,167 for females. The

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for the CDP was $9,997. About 19.0% of families and 22.3% of the population were below the

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, including 27.8% of those under age 18 and 7.8% of those age 65 or over.

Government

In the

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, Parkwood is in , and . In the

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, Parkwood is in .

Infrastructure

In 2014 during

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, Parkwood was one of 28 small California communities that cycled onto and off of a list of "critical water systems" that the State Water Resources Control Board determined could run dry within 60 days.Becerra, Hector (September 25, 2014
"Drought has 14 communities on the brink of waterlessness"
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References

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